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Brazil's President Michel Temer attends a Signing of Contracts - Sanitation for All Program (Sanepar) ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

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BRASILIA (Reuters) - The approval rating for Brazilian President Michel Temer's scandal-plagued government has risen, doubling to 6 percent from the prior survey, a new poll published on Wednesday showed.

The survey by pollster Ibope, conducted between Dec. 7-10, said the number of people who consider Temer's government "bad" or "terrible" fell to 74 percent from 77 percent in the previous survey carried out in September.